Why does MATLAB R2007a crash on Solaris 10 with the error: "Symbol XTSOLgetResAttributes: referenced symbol not found"

When I start MATLAB R2007a on a Solaris 10 machine, I get the following error message:

ERROR: Warning: InitJava Error: libmwjmi_mi_so: ld.so.1 MATLAB:fatal: relocation error: file /usr/lib/libXm.so.4:\n\nSymbol XTSOLgetResAttributes: referenced symbol not found\n\nFailed to start the Desktop: Unable to register CommandWindow

MATLAB fails to start thereafter.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

This error appears to be caused by having patch 119280-08 installed on a Solaris 10 machine. Applying patch 119280-11 (and the patch dependencies) appears to resolve this issue.

To confirm that the offending patch is installed, you can run the following commands in a terminal:

showrev -p | grep 119280-08

If patch 119280-08 is present, download and apply the update to 119280-11 from Sun's website. If MATLAB fails to lauch after the update, you can contact the Installation Support team for further assistance here:

https://www.mathworks.com/support/contact_us.html